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Araluen Gum

Eucalyptus kartzoffiana

Araluen Gum
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Eucalyptus kartzoffiana, the Araluen gum, is a medium-sized eucalypt that grows to about 30 m and is endemic to a small area of southeastern New South Wales, where it grows on granite-derived soils near Braidwood. It is a native tree of woodland and forest, rarely grown outside its range, so care advice is general for Eucalyptus.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently once established; allow the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerant of poor or granitic soils.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect young plants from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Eucalyptus kartzoffiana, commonly known as the Araluen gum, is a species of medium-sized tree that is endemic to a small area of southeastern New South Wales. It has rough, fibrous or flaky bark on part or most of its trunk, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three, white flowers and sessile, bell-shaped fruit.

Where it grows

The Araluen gum has a restricted distribution on granite-derived soils south-east of Braidwood, where it grows in woodland and forest.

Other Eucalyptus plants

White eucalyptus · New England Stringybark · River redgum · Coowarra Box · Coolabah · Narrowleaf red ironbark · White gum · Indonesian gum · River peppermint gum · Tasmanian bluegum · Cider gum · White ironbark

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eucalyptus kartzoffiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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